Kim Taylor / Female Barn owl (Tyto alba) defensive posture, captive, Surrey, England

Colin Varndell / Barn owl {Tyto alba} hovering, UK

Colin Varndell / Barn owl {Tyto alba} flying out through hole in building, UK

Rolf Nussbaumer / Barn Owl {Tyto alba} adult bringing mouse prey to young in nest, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, May

Chris Gomersall / Barn owl (Tyto alba) adult hunting at dusk, Norfolk, UK

Chris Gomersall / Barn owl (Tyto alba) adult hunting in daylight, Norfolk, UK

Chris Gomersall / Barn owl (Tyto alba) adult hunting over reedbed, Hickling Broad, Norfolk, UK

Chris Gomersall / Barn owl (Tyto alba) adult hunting in daylight, Norfolk, UK

Chris Gomersall / Barn owl (Tyto alba) adult hunting in daylight, Norfolk, UK

Martin H Smith / Barn owl on post in frost {Tyto alba} UK.

Tom Vezo / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) portrait, Hudson Valley Raptor Center, New York

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) portrait against blue sky in desert, spring, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona